Jobs at Investor-Backed Startups
Explore 50+ top VCs and the startups they've funded
Y Combinator
Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that provides funding and mentorship to early-stage companies. It offers a program where startups receive guidance from experienced entrepreneurs and investors. The organization helps founders in their business models and develop their products. Y Combinator serves industries such as technology, healthcare, and finance.
Flex Capital
Flex Capital is an investment firm that invests in early-stage companies that helps to grow their businesses.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets. It focuses on seed, early-stage, later-stage, expansion-stage, start-ups, growth companies, and incubation, and specializes in debt financing for start-ups and growth companies. Lightspeed Venture Partners invests in various sectors that include enterprise, consumer, big data, bitcoin, enterprise technology, cleantech, mobile, internet, financial technology, cloud solutions, e-commerce, storage, media, networking, energy, and software, software-as-a-service, information technology, biotechnology, and social.
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia is a venture capital focused on energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile startups. The firm helps a small number of daring founders build legendary companies. It spurs them to push the boundaries of what’s possible. The firm seeks to invest in all sectors with a focus on energy, financials and financial services, healthcare and healthcare services, Internet, mobile, outsourcing, and technology.
Accel
Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that powers a global community of entrepreneurs. Accel backs entrepreneurs who have what it takes to build a business. Accel’s vision for entrepreneurship and business enables it to identify and invest in the companies that will be responsible for the growth of next-generation industries. Accel-backed companies include Atlassian, Braintree, Cloudera, DJI, Dropbox, Dropcam, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, Lookout Security, MoPub, Qualtrics, Slack, Spotify, Supercell, Vox Media, and others.
Index Ventures
Index Ventures is a venture capital firm which helps entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
HubSpot Ventures
HubSpot Ventures invests in early and growth-stage software companies with the potential to deliver unique value to HubSpot’s customer base. We help those companies scale by actively supporting their success in our ecosystem and by providing guidance from our leaders. We back remarkable teams who are building differentiated products in large markets and who share in our mission to help organizations grow better.
CRV
CRV has been an investor in technology companies for almost half a century. The firm has backed nearly 400 startups in its 47-year history, including foundational companies like Twitter, Zendesk, Amgen, Hubspot, Parametric Technologies, Yammer, EqualLogic, and Sonus Networks. Half of the companies CRV has backed have gone public or been acquired. The firm focuses on enterprise, consumer, and deep-insight bioengineering.
YC Continuity
YC Continuity is an investment fund dedicated to supporting founders as they scale their companies.
Scale Venture Partners
Scale Venture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software with a Scaling Platform that has helped companies like Box, Bill.com, Hubspot, Docusign, JFrog, and WalkMe move from founder-led growth to a repeatable go-to-market machine. ScaleVP partners with entrepreneurs to support accelerated growth from the first customer to market leadership.
Emergence Capital
Emergence Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early-stage enterprise SaaS companies. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships with founders, providing strategic support and expertise throughout the growth of their businesses.
Peak XV Partners
Peak XV Partners (Formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA) is a venture capital and growth investment firm investing across India, South East Asia, and beyond. Peak XV has grown to manage over $9bn in capital across 13 funds and invested in over 400 companies, of which ~40 companies have achieved revenues of over $100MM.
Cherry Ventures
Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. The firm backs Europe's boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in everything from their go-to-market strategy and the scaling of their businesses. Cherry Ventures has previously invested in the seed stage of over 50 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, Infarm, Rows, Forto, and TourRadar. Cherry Ventures is based in Berlin and invests across Europe with operations in London, Paris, and Stockholm.
SignalFire
SignalFire is a venture capital firm that invests in seed-stage companies and breakout companies. The company focuses on providing data-driven insights and tailored advisory programs across various sectors, including health, fintech, and cybersecurity.
Fellows Fund
Fellows Fund brings together AI pioneers and offers early-stage AI founders the capital, strategic advice, and critical connections. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.
10x Founders
10x Founders is a network-driven investor backed by over 200 entrepreneurs and angels. The founding partners (Andreas Etten, Andrej Henkler, Claudius Jablonka, Felix Haas, Jan Becker, Jan Reichelt and Robert Wuttke) have made more than 300 investments and continue this early-stage investing now within 10x Founders. At the beginning of 2021, they came together with the vision to build the best early-stage investor for Europe’s most ambitious next startup founders. The goal is to back the next generation of founders to build global tech leaders out of Europe. The “Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur” investment platform is the backbone of 10x Founders and helps to connect the best founders with the best and most suitable co-investors.
Outset Capital
AI practitioners investing in AI, deeptech, robotics, future of work
1984 Ventures
1984 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that seeks to invest in fintech, healthcare, SaaS, e-commerce, and consumer sectors.
TQ Ventures
TQ Ventures LLC is a venture capital firm led by Schuster Tanger and Andrew Marks based in New York City. The firm seeks out extraordinary founders across the software complex in businesses with durable competitive advantages. We’re involved in primarily business-to-business (B2B) models, but also some business-to-consumer (B2C) models. Across our more than 80 global investments, we believe the differentiated support and networks we provide our founders have fueled our track record and our reputation. Founded in 2018, TQ now has around $1 billion under management and is currently investing out of our third $500m fund. The TQ Ventures investment philosophy: The overarching ethos of TQ Ventures is: Backing founders building the future. we judge all startups by the same simple rubric: · Do the founders demonstrate exceptional talent and vision? · Are they solving a problem or delivering an experience that provides substantial value to customers? · Are there enough customers to constitute a large market? · Is there a compelling go-to-market motion to effectively reach those customers? · If successful, will the company have high margins, low capital intensity, scalability with minimal friction and low incremental costs and, crucially, durable competitive advantages? · Are we investing at a valuation that, if the business succeeds, will deliver returns exceeding our fund’s committed capital net of dilution? Bottom-up Approach versus Thematic or Vertical-Focused Our investment firm looks for opportunities across a wide range of industries and sectors, with a bottom-up business-model-driven approach. Current investments cover industries including: · Infrastructure · Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning · Enterprise · Development Tools · Software as a Service (SaaS) · Consumer Tech · Fintech and Blockchain · Healthcare · Geography While TQ is based in New York City, some of its team is in San Francisco. TQ has a strong presence in top American venture markets, such as the Bay Area and NYC, but also has invested prolifically in Europe, including CEE. Once in a while, TQ finds a business that fits its investment framework in an emerging market as well. Our global reach helps TQ Ventures find the best possible businesses to invest with. TQ Ventures leadership team The TQ Ventures team is led by Schuster Tanger and Andrew Marks, two NYC-based investors with backgrounds from some of the top investing firms globally. Schuster worked at Third Point (Dan Loeb) and Goldman Sachs (Special Situations Group with Josh Easterly), before breaking away to launch TQ Ventures in 2018. He was named in the 2013 Forbes 30 under 30. Andrew was a managing director at Blue Ridge Capital and previously worked at Blackstone before launching TQ Ventures in 2018. Our team members include talented investment professionals Jana Iris (ex-Hashicorp), Alexis Vitenas (ex-sales), Elisabeth Rulke (Princeton physics), Finbarr Timbers (Midjourney, ex-DeepMind), Elliot Graebert (ex-Palantir) and Michael Kilberry (AI / ML Google). TQ Venture success stories With more than 80 portfolio companies under the TQ Ventures umbrella and our third investment fund well under way, TQ Ventures has a track record of successful partnerships. Recent TQ Venture partner companies include: · log10: An AI company based in San Francisco that offers large language model (LLMOps) support for machine learning applications. · nsave: A fintech company that brings secure banking to people from emerging economies. · Cleanlab: An AI firm that automates data science testing and repair to endeavor to make sure AI-derived data is error free. · Plenful: A healthcare software provider that makes pharmaceutical workflows more efficient using AI. Partner with TQ Ventures The team at TQ Ventures is always looking for emerging companies with a differentiated business model and an exciting outlook on the future. Our bottom-up generalist philosophy, enthusiasm for innovative businesses, and ability to help with B2B customer introductions make us the ideal investor for early-stage businesses on the rise. To explore opportunities with T! Ventures LLC, please visit tqventures.com. TQ Ventures FAQs Who owns TQ Ventures? TQ Ventures is owned by partners Schuster Tanger and Andrew Marks. They co-founded the company in 2018 and now lead a team of investors overseeing 80 partner companies and over $1 Billion in investment funds.TQ is made up of external limited partners, but no external partners own any of the general partner. What is TQ Ventures III? TQ Ventures III is the third vintage of TQ, a $500 million investment fund round complex operated by TQ Ventures. This portfolio took the overall funds managed by TQ Ventures to over $1 Billion. TQ Ventures III Early focuses on seed-stage companies while TQ Ventures III Growth focuses on Series B-stage companies. What are the investment focus areas of TQ Ventures? While TQ Ventures is a generalist investment firm and operates in a wide spectrum of industry sectors and geographical locations, it does focus on early-stage investment, primarily seed through Series B. The firm believes in business-model-driven investments, with particular interest in durable competitive advantages. What industries does TQ Ventures invest in? TQ Ventures is industry vertical agnostic. That means the investment firm invests in a wide range of industries, including fintech, healthcare, AI and machine learning, blockchain, crypto, and infrastructure.
Antler
Antler is an early-stage venture capital firm that seeks to invest in technology companies. The firm incubates startups from a variety of sectors and offers a global community network of co-founders and access to talent, expert advisors, expansion support, and capital around the world.
Germany
German Ventures is an investor focused on providing a vehicle for early-stage US and German technology start-ups.
Atomico
Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally. It partners with technology founders at the Seed stage and beyond with a particular focus on Europe, leveraging deep operational experience to supercharge their growth. The company's team of founders, investors, and operational leaders have been responsible for global expansion, hiring, and marketing at companies from Skype, Google, and Twitter to Wise and Snowflake. It specializes in seed, startup, Series A, early venture, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, and growth capital investments. Atomico was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in London, England, with offices in Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm
General Catalyst
General Catalyst is a global investment firm that supports businesses at every stage, from seed to growth. It focuses on fostering resilience and advancing applied AI through its investments. The firm collaborates with entrepreneurs to provide capital and strategic guidance, enabling innovation across industries such as healthcare, fintech, and consumer technology.
Prosus Ventures
Prosus Ventures is a venture investing arm of Prosus that invests in technology startups. They identify companies and founders with high potential and the ambition to scale globally correctly. Their goal is to help companies quickly impact the communities where they operate and provide them with tailored support that enables them to be leaders in their chosen markets.
Bain Capital Ventures
With over $10B under management, Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) offers distinctive access to Bain Capital's broader industry expertise and portfolio of companies. For over 20 years, BCV has invested from seed through IPO and acquisition, backing more than 400 companies including Attentive, Bloomreach, Clari, Docusign, Flywire, LinkedIn, Moveworks, Redis, Rubrik and ShipBob.
Techstars
Techstars provides a global platform for early-stage investment and innovation through programs that support startup growth and corporate collaboration. Its services include accelerator programs, startup education initiatives, venture capital funding, and corporate innovation partnerships. The Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Program offers support for startups, while Techstars Startup Programs focus on entrepreneurial education and community building. The Techstars Venture Capital Fund invests in emerging companies, and its Corporate Innovation Partnerships help established brands develop new products and services through collaboration with startups.
Global Brain
Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain has managed a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.
AlbionVC
AlbionVC supports visionary founders with long-term capital and scale-up expertise. Founded in 1996, today we are partners to UK early-stage B2B software and healthcare companies. AlbionVC manages c. $1 billion of venture funds, currently invested in over 50 companies. AlbionVC is the technology investment arm of Albion Capital Group LLP, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Amadeus Capital Partners
Amadeus Capital is a global technology investor that invests in technology companies at all stages, from seed to venture buyout; they also buy stakes from other investors or founders, to ensure that companies and entrepreneurs have the runway they need to succeed. They invest in a broad variety of sectors including enterprise and infrastructure software, consumer and business services, medical technology and healthcare IT, and cleantech and resource efficiency. It has the imagination to see where new businesses can be created and the technical insight, operational experience and global network to help entrepreneurs make their vision a reality. The Company was founded in 1997 and since has backed more than 130 companies and raised over $1bn for investment.
Sonae IM
Former Sonae IM, Bright Pixel Capital is a venture capital company with a global aim, financially driven and oriented to make businesses prosper. We have the power of transformational change across our DNA sectors: Cybersecurity, Retail Technologies, Digital Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies. Envisioned as the tech investment arm of Sonae Group, a Portuguese multinational with a diversified portfolio of innovative brands, Bright Pixel Capital has invested over 250M€ in the first 5 years in more than 50 direct investments, and will continue this path using our expertise to spot unique opportunities with the potential to change an industry. Working with Bright Pixel Capital means accessing a group of dedicated and experienced professionals, with incomparable knowledge of each investment vertical.
Cambridge Innovation Capital
Cambridge Innovation Capital backs life sciences and technology companies with an affiliation to Cambridge, Europe’s capital for innovation. As a preferred investor for the University of Cambridge, they have unparalleled access to investment opportunities in the ecosystem. Since our inception in 2013, they have raised £275 million to invest in disruptive, deep-tech businesses in sectors including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, quantum technologies, autonomous systems, therapeutics, medtech/diagnostics, digital health, and genomics/proteomics.
Redstone
Redstone is a European venture capital firm following selected investment strategies. Our focused approach with specialized investment teams for each strategy has enabled us to develop strong sector expertise and networks. This combination supercharges our portfolio companies. We’ve spent a decade building the world’s leading proprietary startup analytics and data platform, SOFIA, allowing us to make evidence-based and data-driven investment decisions.
TIG Corporate Finance
TIG Corporate Finance is a UK-based firm specializing in accounting and corporate advisory services, with a focus on SME accounting, fundraising, and mergers & acquisitions. They offer a wide range of business finance services including exits, acquisitions, fundraising, and valuations.
A91 Partners
A91 Partners is a VC fund that aims to invests in the consumer, pharmaceutical, healthcare, financial services and technology sector.
IP Group
IP Group's core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Their strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and create value out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group's extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for their companies, for their partners and for their shareholders.
468 Capital
468 Capital is an investment firm that focuses on identifying and managing opportunities in various markets. The firm employs a systematic approach to investment analysis and portfolio management. It collaborates with a range of partners to support its investment strategies. The company serves industries including technology, healthcare, and renewable energy.
Parkwalk Advisors
Parkwalk is a London-based fund management firm. Parkwalk invests in UK technology companies that have IP backing and freedom to operate, generally spun out of UK universities. Their funds seek to generate capital gains for their investors, enhanced by the attractive tax relief provided by EIS. Parkwalk entered this investment sector in 2009, anticipating a wave of tax-efficient incentives launched by the UK Government to stimulate innovative emerging technology companies and thereby help drive economic growth. Parkwalk utilises academic, technology transfer, venture capital and personal networks developed over many years to gain access to the highest calibre deal-flow. In 2017 Parkwalk joined forces with IP Group plc, a leading intellectual property commercialisation company that is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IPO. As at March 2019 the combined group has net assets of £1.2bn.
Susquehanna International Group
Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm founded by a group of friends who share a passion for game theory and probabilistic thinking. Our rigorous and analytical approach to decision making has led Susquehanna to become one of the largest and most successful proprietary trading firms in the world. In our offices around the globe, our employees are relentless problem solvers who collaborate to make optimal decisions.
Refract Ventures
Refract Ventures is an investment firm.
South Park Commons
South Park Commons is a community of technologists and builders dedicated to helping each other explore, learn, and figure out what's next—or as we call it, go from -1 to 0. We believe great ideas very rarely come about in isolation. The SPC Fund invests in companies that emerge from our members' explorations, ensuring the community's longevity and supporting the next stage of our founders' journeys.
Frontline Ventures
Wherever you are on your journey we have the fund to help you expand EXPERTS IN EXPANSION Founders see what the world misses. In fast pursuit of opportunity, you make critical decisions with little certainty. We get it, because we’ve been there. Frontline is the venture firm for globally ambitious B2B companies on both sides of the Atlantic. Frontline Seed speeds up ideas at inception across Europe. Frontline X is a growth-stage fund, for fast and frictionless US-Europe expansion. WE'VE LEARNED IT THE HARD WAY As a team of entrepreneurs, we have built many businesses, many ways. And as a venture fund, we’ve helped tens of founders and CEOs cross the pond. We’ve scaled too – with team members in Dublin, London and San Francisco. Today, our team, LPs and advisors represent senior leadership at many of the world’s most successful B2B companies (Think: Segment, Stripe, Looker, Linkedin, Airtable, Google and Workday – to name a few). Collectively, we can add value when founders need it most – at company defining moments. CAPITAL IS CHEAP Look around; the venture market is drowning in noise. Hundreds of funds and millions of blogposts – all claiming to “add value” left and right. We believe that capital is cheap, and we know that value-add is not made equal. Our focus is clear; we back challengers with global ambition, and we dedicate our time to helping them fly higher – faster. Our experience makes us knowledgeable. Our global network makes us unique. Want more detail or first-hand accounts? we are happy to introduce you to our founders. SYMBIOSIS In nature, the best things work together. We see the landscape ahead and can warn you of the risks, while you stay strong and focused on your goals. Indispensable; that’s how we see our relationship.
Floating Point
Floating Point is an early-stage venture capital firm. The company has offices in both Boston and New York.
Wischoff Ventures
Wischoff Ventures is a venture capital firm.
La Famiglia
La Famiglia is a VC fund backed by entrepreneurs investing in seed stage companies. They are a family of entrepreneurs, business angels, family businesses and industry leaders who nurture great founders through networks, unfair advantages & capital.
Phosphor Capital
Phosphor Capital is a venture capital investment firm.
Twine Ventures
Twine Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on human health, climate, and financial empowerment. The firm was founded by Leshika Samarasinghe in 2021 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
Eurazeo
Eurazeo is a private equity and venture capital firm that invests in SMEs and manages a diversified portfolio of assets. With its expertise in private equity, real estate, and private debt, the group supports companies of all sizes in their development commitment through the commitment of its 235 professionals. It provides companies with the necessary investments needed to realize their growth potential. The firm was founded in 1969 and is based in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
Base10 Partners
Founded by Adeyemi Ajao and TJ Nahigian, Base10 is a San Francisco-based venture capital fund investing in founders who believe purpose is key to profits and in companies that are automating sectors of the Real Economy. Through its program the Advancement Initiative, Base10 donates 50% of profits to underfunded colleges and universities to support financial aid and other key initiatives. Portfolio companies include Notion, Figma, Nubank, Stripe, Popmenu, Aurora Solar, and Chili Piper.
14Peaks Capital
14Peaks is an early-stage investor in B2B SaaS companies located in Europe and the US. Within SaaS the focus is across three core verticals; Fintech, Proptech, and Future of Work. 14Peaks initially partners with founders from pre-seed to Series A and provides on-going support throughout their growth journey via capital, operational involvement, network access and strategic advice. Partner with us: [email protected] 14Peaks Capital AG is the sole investment advisor to one or more investment funds launched under the 14Peaks Capital brand.
Meridian Street Capital
Venture capital fund focused on early healthcare opportunities in the US.